Joiners, promotions, retirements: Tulsa Ballet, The Royal Danish Ballet, Semperoper Ballett, The Royal Swedish Ballet, Boston Ballet, European School of Ballet graduates

All dates are 2026 unless otherwise noted.

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Tulsa Ballet announced on 24th July that Artistic Director Marcello Angelini, and his wife Assistant Artistic Director Daniela Buson, will retire at the conclusion of the 2026-2027 Season. Angelini has been in the position since 1995. The company will conduct an international search for the next artistic director.

The Royal Danish Ballet promoted Tomoka Kawazoe to a Soloist in June after the company's final performance of the 2025-2026 season, the Japanese dancer said in her Instagram post on 6th June.

Anna Roberta will join Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, Germany, for the 2026-2027 season from Estonian National Ballet as a Principal Dancer, the dancer announced in her Instagram post on 27th July.

Phillipa McCann also has left the Estonian National Ballet to join Staatsballett Berlin for the 2026-2027 season, the dancer said on 20th June.

Chyrstyn Mariah Fentroy has joined the Royal Swedish Ballet as a Principal Dancer following the announcement of her departure from Boston Ballet in March.

Boston Ballet's Principal Lasha Khozashvili retired from stage in June after 16 years with the company, the company said.

European School of Ballet in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, announced its 2026 graduates' company contracts earlier in July.

• Benjamin Bozzini. Vienna State Ballet Junior Company

• Ann-Sophie Vanden Driessche. Dortmund Ballet Junior Company

• Calin Garacaiu. Semperoper Ballett Dresden apprentice

• Anna Guletskaia. Georgian State Ballet apprentice

• Damiano Ferraro. Ulm Ballet

• Louis Frêches. Norwegian National Ballet Junior Company

• Yuho Osawa. K-Ballet Tokyo

• Tatyana Meijer. London City Ballet

• Evelyn Hruby. Colorado Ballet Junior Company

• Darius Mabda. Moravian-Silesian Olomouc Ballet

• Emily Gilchrist. Hannover Ballet

• Mattia Valtancoli. Alberta Ballet

• Benedetta Giuliani. Moravian-Silesian Olomouc Ballet

• Eleonora Nicoletti. Lithuanian National Ballet

• Sayuri Shimonaga. Dortmund Ballet Junior Company

• Cecilia Uisitalo. Cape Ballet Africa

• Thoeun Manzi. Silesian Opera Slaska

• Yuria Takahashi. Bremerhaven Ballet

• Hlib Antonov. Finnish National Ballet Junior Company

• Bergen Wheeler. Moravian-Silesian Ostrava Ballet

• Chantelle Tay. Ballet International Gala Company

• Ginevra Belotti. Vienna State Ballet

• Julia Brunner. Serbian National Ballet